Ray Stevens - I'm My Own Grandpaw lyrics

Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three

I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be

This widow had a grown up daughter who had hair of red

My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed

This made my dad my son-in-law and really changed my life

And now my daughter was my mother 'cause she was my father's wife

And to complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy

I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy

My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad

And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad

For if, if he were my uncle then that also made him brother

Of a widow's grown up daughter who was of course my stepmother

Father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run

And he became my grandchild for he was my daughter's son

My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue

Because although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too

Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I am her grandchild, yeah

And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild

'Cause now I have become the strangest case you ever saw

As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpaw

Oh, I'm my own grandpaw

I'm my own grandpaw

It sounds funny, I know

But it really is so

Oh, I'm my own grandpaw

Listen to this now

I'm my own grandpaw

You believe that

I'm my own grandpaw

Talk about [Incomprehensible]

It sounds funny, I know

But it really is so

Oh, I'm my own grandpaw